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POLITICS - Constitution of the Great State of California

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I was reading the state constitution (yes we have one) and came across this article.

CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA


SEC. 6. (a) Purpose.
English is the common language of the people of the United States
of America and the State of California. This section is intended to
preserve, protect and strengthen the English language, and not to
supersede any of the rights guaranteed to the people by this
Constitution.
(b) English as the Official Language of California.
English is the official language of the State of California.
(c) Enforcement.
The Legislature shall enforce this section by appropriate
legislation. The Legislature and officials of the State of
California shall take all steps necessary to insure that the role of
English as the common language of the State of California is
preserved and enhanced. The Legislature shall make no law which
diminishes or ignores the role of English as the common language of
the State of California.
(d) Personal Right of Action and Jurisdiction of Courts.
Any person who is a resident of or doing business in the State of
California shall have standing to sue the State of California to
enforce this section, and the Courts of record of the State of
California shall have jurisdiction to hear cases brought to enforce
this section. The Legislature may provide reasonable and appropriate
limitations on the time and manner of suits brought under this
section.

Funny since most papper work put out by the state is in multiple languages and you have to ask for English. :evil:
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You should mail that to you reps/sin-aters. 8)
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Jeremy,
I had seen that before (yes, I do read these things) but forgot about it.

Funny the language thing and lawsuits are so close together.

Maybe we ought to get a class action suit against the state to force them to drop all the bilingual stuff, and spend the money on REAL education. :wink:

Offer "english as a second language" as an option, pay per attendance class, AFTER regular school.
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JReed wrote:I was reading the state constitution (yes we have one) and came across this article.

CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA


SEC. 6. (a) Purpose.
English is the common language of the people of the United States
of America and the State of California. This section is intended to
preserve, protect and strengthen the English language, and not to
supersede any of the rights guaranteed to the people by this
Constitution.
(b) English as the Official Language of California.
English is the official language of the State of California.
(c) Enforcement.
The Legislature shall enforce this section by appropriate
legislation. The Legislature and officials of the State of
California shall take all steps necessary to insure that the role of
English as the common language of the State of California is
preserved and enhanced. The Legislature shall make no law which
diminishes or ignores the role of English as the common language of
the State of California.
(d) Personal Right of Action and Jurisdiction of Courts.
Any person who is a resident of or doing business in the State of
California shall have standing to sue the State of California to
enforce this section, and the Courts of record of the State of
California shall have jurisdiction to hear cases brought to enforce
this section. The Legislature may provide reasonable and appropriate
limitations on the time and manner of suits brought under this
section.

Funny since most papper work put out by the state is in multiple languages and you have to ask for English. :evil:
jeremy, anything about gun rights in there?
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Article 3, section 6


I have to remember to print this out at work tonight............
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JReed wrote: (d) Personal Right of Action and Jurisdiction of Courts.
Any person who is a resident of or doing business in the State of
California shall have standing to sue the State of California to
enforce this section, and the Courts of record of the State of
California shall have jurisdiction to hear cases brought to enforce
this section. The Legislature may provide reasonable and appropriate
limitations on the time and manner of suits brought under this
section.
Well, I'm not a law-wrangler (thank goodness!), but it seems to me this would mean that you, Jeremy, as a resident of the state of CA, have standing and could thus sue the state to remove any language other than English from all of the forms issued by the state...

That would be fun!
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Ysabel Kid wrote:
JReed wrote: (d) Personal Right of Action and Jurisdiction of Courts.
Any person who is a resident of or doing business in the State of
California shall have standing to sue the State of California to
enforce this section, and the Courts of record of the State of
California shall have jurisdiction to hear cases brought to enforce
this section. The Legislature may provide reasonable and appropriate
limitations on the time and manner of suits brought under this
section.
Well, I'm not a law-wrangler (thank goodness!), but it seems to me this would mean that you, Jeremy, as a resident of the state of CA, have standing and could thus sue the state to remove any language other than English from all of the forms issued by the state...

That would be fun!
Yes it would be fun to bad the only thing in my pockets is lint balls.
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We just need to find some energetic lawyer that could figure out a way to get damages, thus HIS PAY! :D
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gary rice wrote:
JReed wrote:I was reading the state constitution (yes we have one) and came across this article.

CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA


SEC. 6. (a) Purpose.
English is the common language of the people of the United States
of America and the State of California. This section is intended to
preserve, protect and strengthen the English language, and not to
supersede any of the rights guaranteed to the people by this
Constitution.
(b) English as the Official Language of California.
English is the official language of the State of California.
(c) Enforcement.
The Legislature shall enforce this section by appropriate
legislation. The Legislature and officials of the State of
California shall take all steps necessary to insure that the role of
English as the common language of the State of California is
preserved and enhanced. The Legislature shall make no law which
diminishes or ignores the role of English as the common language of
the State of California.
(d) Personal Right of Action and Jurisdiction of Courts.
Any person who is a resident of or doing business in the State of
California shall have standing to sue the State of California to
enforce this section, and the Courts of record of the State of
California shall have jurisdiction to hear cases brought to enforce
this section. The Legislature may provide reasonable and appropriate
limitations on the time and manner of suits brought under this
section.

Funny since most papper work put out by the state is in multiple languages and you have to ask for English. :evil:
jeremy, anything about gun rights in there?
Saddly no but I did find this tid bit.

ARTICLE I.

Declaration of Rights.

Sec. 1. All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property: and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.

Not as clear cut as the second amendment but it has strong wording.

Here is the link to the hole document. http://info.sen.ca.gov/cgi-bin/pagequer ... ution&sb=y

Handi I here ya that would be the way to go or better yet Pro-Bono (SP?)
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In the spirit of most politicians......

What does a constitution have to do with anything? :shock:
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handirifle wrote:We just need to find some energetic lawyer that could figure out a way to get damages, thus HIS PAY! :D
Only problem is, he would be a lawyer. Most of them are so liberal, they'd probably sue you for approaching them to file suit.
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That's plenty clear cut. But if you've got the energy to convince somebody that "shall not be infringed" doesn't mean what it obviously means, then you can't be beat.
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